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Show - 16: Taku hoa wahine My Companion Wife Weary and aching, Roa and Moana swung the bow of the small canoe so that it slid easily UP onto the beach. Ruruku was first to snot ther1 as they trudged the footpath to the village. He hobbled, to greet them. "Roa. It is you. You are alive," he cried jubilantly. "And Moana, too. How is this possible?" "We will tell you about it after we eat and rest. We are hungry and tired." "Of course, my brother- You have been wounded?" "It is not serious. Just a bumn which causes my head to throb." "Come to our parents' whare. I must sound the word of your safe arrival. I have told our father of your capture and he prepares a war party now." Ruruku hobbled ahead down the oath shouting, "It is |